resources on this publicly owned natural park. While the trees can’t be moved to protect <br />them and their Critical Root Zones, the road can! <br />Walking through Videra Park, one can easily envision the impact the extension of Randy <br />Lane will have on the health of the park’s trees. On what would be the south side of Randy <br />Lane, directly across Lot 34, begins a stand of healthy native oak and flr trees that run the <br />length of the park east. The trees on the south side of Randy will suffer due to the rerouting <br />of their life-giving water. Currently, water fiows down the slope of the property toward <br />Videra Creek with tree roots slowing and drinking the water along the way. The <br />construction of Randy Lane and the swales on the north side, will completely divert this <br />water and endanger the trees which rely on it. One can see a real-time example of this <br />impact in Phase 4 of Timberline Hills, currently under construction. The construction of the <br />Timberline Road extension cut off the downhill water fiow for a large stand of trees <br />identifled for protection in the PUD process. As a result, within 2 years of road completion, <br />almost all of the “protected” trees have died. <br />We cannot look at the natural resources of the property and Videra Park as compartmental <br />or isolated; they live, fiow and work together. A Goal 5 determination means the natural <br />resource was deemed important enough to protect. Until all aspects of codes and <br />measures designed to protect these resources have been fully implemented and met, the <br />applications for SDR 25-02 and PDF 25-01 need to be denied. <br />Sincerely, <br />Julie Butler <br />3234 Jayhawk Ct. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />